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Travels in the Colonies in 1773-1775 Described in the Letters of William Mylne William Mylne, Jenni Calder, Ted Ruddock.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Mylne, William, author.
- Calder, Jenni, author of foreword.
- Series:
- Georgia Open History Library
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Mylne, William.
- Mylne, William--Correspondence.
- HISTORY / United States / State & Local / South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV).
- Travel.
- United States.
- United States--Description and travel--Early works to 1800.
- Genre:
- Personal correspondence.
- Early works.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (1 online resource xiv, 127 pages) : illustrations
- Place of Publication:
- University of Georgia Press 1993
- The University of Georgia Press, Athens : 2021.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Travels in the Colonies in 1773-1775 Described in the Letters of William Mylne contains a narrative of the two years that Scottish architect and engineer William Mylne spent in the American colonies. The letters included in this volume, written from Mylne's own pen to his sister Anne and brother Robert, document Mylne's journeys from his home in Edinburg to the American colonies in South Carolina, Georgia, Charlestown, and New York. The Georgia Open History Library has been made possible in part by a major grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities: Democracy demands wisdom. Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this collection, do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities.
- Contents:
- Introduction: background to the journeys
- Before departure
- South Carolina and Georgia
- Charlestown to New York
- Return to Britain and end of story
- William Mylne's power of attorney
- Calendar of letters, 1773-1775.
- Notes:
- This eBook is made available Open Access under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-8203-5986-6
- OCLC:
- 1267412786
- Access Restriction:
- Open Access Unrestricted online access
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